CS2 Bridge hangs on preview of .avi files

If I stay in the Bridge compact mode I can click on a .avi thumbnail and it will open in windows media player. In full mode if I can select other non-avi video icons and get a preview that has viewing controls that work for viewing.

But if I select an .avi file with preview open Bridge hands using 100% of the processor and stays that way until terminated with the Windows Task Manager. Then, after Bridge has been terminated this way, it takes several tries before it will launch properly. The first few times it shows only as a process but not as an application. After several more tries it properly loads and runs.

Any ideas what the problem is here? Is this a known problem?

On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 13:12:58 -0500, Fred Athearn
wrote:

If I stay in the Bridge compact mode I can click on a .avi thumbnail and it will open in windows media player. In full mode if I can select other non-avi video icons and get a preview that has viewing controls that work for viewing.

But if I select an .avi file with preview open Bridge hands using 100% of the processor and stays that way until terminated with the Windows Task Manager. Then, after Bridge has been terminated this way, it takes several tries before it will launch properly. The first few times it shows only as a process but not as an application. After several more tries it properly loads and runs.

Any ideas what the problem is here? Is this a known problem?

The solution to this seems to be to hit alt-control-delete and then cancel. You need to do this even you have the Task Manager open.

I think this is some sort of windows/windowsmedia bug. The same problem comes up opening a avi file in Premiere Pro and the same fix works.

I am going to ask in some other places and see if I can figure out just what sort of a hang-up like this would be unhung this way.

Jumping in here.
Does everyone here have this problem?
Does this happen with all .avi's or just some of them that may have bad or missing frames. If the preview is scanning frames it may be that no key frames for seeking this file have been added; thereby causing the preview to scan the entire length of the file one frame at a time instead of 30 or 300 frame intervals. Try to preview a one second in length clip. Does this happen again?
Like I say....just jumping in. I don't preview video with bridge and now I don't think I want to. Actually....is Bridge designed for this?

On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 09:27:31 GMT, rumpledickskin
wrote:

Jumping in here.
Does everyone here have this problem?

You are the only reply so far.

Does this happen with all .avi's or just some of them that may have bad or missing frames.

It seems to happen with all .avi's

If the preview is scanning frames it may be
that no key frames for seeking this file have been added; thereby causing the preview to scan the entire length of the file one frame at a time instead of 30 or 300 frame intervals.

I don't know exactly what a key frame is but the idea that the Bridge is attempting to do something complex to each frame would explain it.

Try to preview a one
second in length clip. Does this happen again?

Good idea. I will give that a try.

Like I say....just jumping in. I don't preview video with bridge and now I don't think I want to. Actually....is Bridge designed for this?

I see clear signs of Intelligent Design here -- there must be a Designer because those working controls that appear in the Bridge preview window couldn't have evolved from pure chance.

And it makes sense -- once you get Bridge working with avi preview (as I describe below) you can drag and drop Adobe Bridge avi thumbnails directly into the Adobe Premiere Pro project clips window. So you can use Bridge's Folders and Preview windows to navigate to video folders, preview clips and then just drag and drop to import them to Adobe Premiere Pro. (And of course you can do the same with Photoshop images.)

Here is the fix for this I have found to preview avi: you open Bridge to some avi video clips and then rather than selecting one to preview you double click on it to open it in Windows Media Player 10 (set as default). Then you pause that player and go back to Bridge. It should now preview properly or it may hang up the first time you try but after you un hang it once with alt-control-delete followed by cancel it will work properly.

The problem is somehow fixed by having Media Player open to a .avi file. It may have something to do with the "key frame" thing or it might have something to do with codex's.

On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 09:27:31 GMT, rumpledickskin
wrote:

Jumping in here.
Does everyone here have this problem?

You are the only reply so far.

Does this happen with all .avi's or just some of them that may have bad or missing frames.

It seems to happen with all .avi's

If the preview is scanning frames it may be
that no key frames for seeking this file have been added; thereby causing the preview to scan the entire length of the file one frame at a time instead of 30 or 300 frame intervals.

I don't know exactly what a key frame is but the idea that the Bridge is attempting to do something complex to each frame would explain it.

Try to preview a one
second in length clip. Does this happen again?

Good idea. I will give that a try.

Like I say....just jumping in. I don't preview video with bridge and now I don't think I want to. Actually....is Bridge designed for this?

I see clear signs of Intelligent Design here -- there must be a Designer because those working controls that appear in the Bridge preview window couldn't have evolved from pure chance.
And it makes sense -- once you get Bridge working with avi preview (as I describe below) you can drag and drop Adobe Bridge avi thumbnails directly into the Adobe Premiere Pro project clips window. So you can use Bridge's Folders and Preview windows to navigate to video folders, preview clips and then just drag and drop to import them to Adobe Premiere Pro. (And of course you can do the same with Photoshop images.)

I see it's usefulness in this way.

Here is the fix for this I have found to preview avi: you open Bridge to some avi video clips and then rather than selecting one to preview you double click on it to open it in Windows Media Player 10 (set as default). Then you pause that player and go back to Bridge. It should now preview properly or it may hang up the first time you try but after you un hang it once with alt-control-delete followed by cancel it will work properly.

The problem is somehow fixed by having Media Player open to a .avi file. It may have something to do with the "key frame" thing or it might have something to do with codex's.

Could very well be codec problems. If you are able to watch the file on your computer's media player then you should not.
I guess this justt 'hangs' and doesn't create a problem report. You are using Windows? Often, searching, the microsoft data base will start you in the right direction.